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The podcast from The BMJ for evidence based medicine Talk Evidence: where research, guidance and practice are debated and demystified
Starting to measure sustainability, and changes in breast cancer screening
Talk Evidence
28 minutes 35 seconds
1 year ago
Starting to measure sustainability, and changes in breast cancer screening
Measuring the carbon impact of healthcare interventions is essential if we're going to make the sector sustainable, however tracing all of the emmission from even a simple treatment can be tricky. Romi Haas, a research fellow at Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology joins us to explain how it works, and how research could be more efficient.
New U.S. guideline on breast cancer screening have been extended to women in their 40s - Katy Bell, from the University of Sydney, and Stacy Carter, from the University of Wollongong explain why the good intention of that change wont be mirrored in outcomes - and may even induce harm.
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Clinician and health service interventions to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions generated by healthcare: a systematic review
Breast cancer screening from age 40 in the US
Talk Evidence
The podcast from The BMJ for evidence based medicine Talk Evidence: where research, guidance and practice are debated and demystified